"Jars had been captured by Pathet Lao rebels in 1964 which resulted in the Laotian Air Force not being able to land their C-47 transport aircraft on the Plain of Jars for opium transport. The Laotian Air Force had almost no light planes that could land on the dirt runways near the mountaintop poppy fields. Having no way to transport their opium, the Hmong were faced with economic ruin. Air America was the only airline available in northern Laos. ""According to several unproven sources, Air America began flying opium from mountain villages north and east of the Plain of Jars"
"Oslo and Stockholm. Tower Air's fleet consisted of Boeing 747s in both the −100 and −200 series, including both passenger and cargo aircraft. The airline operated a total of thirty 747s (fifteen −100 and fifteen −200 series) over its history. Several were converted to freighters following Tower's bankruptcy. One former Tower Air 747-200 was converted to a hotel, the Jumbohostel at Arlanda Airport near Stockholm. On December 20, 1995, Tower Air flight 41 from New York Kennedy to Miami veered off the runway during takeoff in a snowstorm resulting in one flight attendant receiving serious injuries and 24 passengers receiving"
"with a MAX 8 with deliveries of the MAX 10 starting in 2020. TUI Airways TUI Airways, formerly Thomson Airways and often referred to as TUI UK, is the world's largest charter airline, offering scheduled and charter flights from the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland to destinations in Europe, Africa, Asia and North America. The airline carried 11.2 million passengers in 2017, making it the third-largest UK airline by total passengers, after EasyJet and British Airways. The registered office is at the TUI Travel House in Crawley, West Sussex but its head office is located in Wigmore House"
"TUI Airways TUI Airways, formerly Thomson Airways and often referred to as TUI UK, is the world's largest charter airline, offering scheduled and charter flights from the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland to destinations in Europe, Africa, Asia and North America. The airline carried 11.2 million passengers in 2017, making it the third-largest UK airline by total passengers, after EasyJet and British Airways. The registered office is at the TUI Travel House in Crawley, West Sussex but its head office is located in Wigmore House in Luton, Bedfordshire. TUI Airways Limited holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority"
"Airtours Airtours is a British tour operator specialising in package holidays throughout Europe, as well as in parts of North America and the Caribbean. The brand fell within MyTravel Group plc between 2002 and 2007, before it then merged with Thomas Cook AG to form Thomas Cook Group plc. The company serves numerous resorts across 18 different countries on four continents, as well as offshore territories such as the Canary Islands and Madeira . It operates its charter flights through Thomas Cook Airlines from 12 UK bases including London Gatwick Airport and Manchester Airport. Airtours’ origins can be traced back"
"Tower Air military charters from January 27 to February 12, 1999, pending an on-site review of its operations. At the same time the airline lost an arbitration brought by the Association of Flight Attendants, claiming that Tower Air was lodging their flight attendants in dirty Tel Aviv hotels with poor security and bed bugs. By 2000, a majority of Tower Air's fleet (11 out of 19 aircraft) was out of service. Tower Air filed for protection under Chapter 11 bankruptcy on February 29, 2000, ceased all scheduled service on May 1, 2000 and surrendered their FAA air operator's certificate on"
"Tor Air Tor Air AB, operated as Tor Air, was a charter airline based in Gothenburg, Sweden, that operated between December 2008 and December 2011. Its main base was Gothenburg City Airport. An earlier Swedish independent airline named Tor-Air had existed during 1965 and 1966 and flew Curtiss Commando freight aircraft on charter work. The company was established by private investors and received a Swedish Air Operators Certificate on 1 December 2008. It commenced operations in December 2008 with a Boeing 737–400 leased from International Lease Finance Corporation. The airline specialised in wet-lease and charter operations, particularly operating services for"
"insurance provided by the Federal Aviation Administration. It opened a special departure terminal at Ben Gurion Airport in 1997. The airline began running into financial and operational difficulties in the late 1990s. The airline lost $20 million in 1996. The 1997 Zagat Survey ranked Tower Air 59th out of 61 ranked carriers in terms of maintenance, ahead of only Valujet and Aeroflot, and in February 1998, the Federal Aviation Administration proposed two civil penalties totaling $276,000 for continuing to fly aircraft that required maintenance. The airline had attempted to cut costs by cannibalizing its own engines for spare parts, but"
"Thomas Cook Airlines Thomas Cook Airlines (UK) Limited is a British airline based in Manchester, England. It serves leisure destinations worldwide from its main bases at Manchester Airport and Gatwick Airport. It also operates services from eight other bases around the United Kingdom. Thomas Cook Airlines is part of the airline division of the Thomas Cook Group, which consists of three more sister airlines, all of which have a joint fleet management: Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia, German based Condor and Thomas Cook Airlines Balearics. The airline holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence, permitting it to"
"to provide service on the previously untapped South American trade and passenger routes. Originally named British Latin American Air Lines (BLAIR) it was split off from the British Overseas Airways Corporation to operate its South Atlantic routes. It commenced transatlantic services in March 1946, with a BSAA Avro Lancastrian making the first operational flight from London's Heathrow Airport. The airline operated mostly Avro aircraft: Yorks, Lancastrians and Tudors, and flew to Bermuda, the West Indies and the western coast of South America. ""Star Tiger"" was one of three enlarged and improved versions of the Avro Tudor, designated Tudor IV; it"
"other carriers when needed. Tor Air later acquired two Boeing 737-300s to fly from Manchester to Preveza and Gothenburg, as well as London-Gatwick to destinations such as Faro, Skiathos, Bourgas, Sharm el-Sheikh, Zante, Kos, Corfu and Rhodes. On 25 April 2010, Tor Air's Boeing 737–400 operated the first commercial service between Baghdad and London in 20 years, while on a wet lease to Iraqi Airways. It was a short lived service however as a lawyer for Kuwait tried to have the aircraft seized in London due to financial problems between Iraq and Kuwait, this was not possible though as the"
"Norwegian Air UK Norwegian Air UK Ltd. is a UK airline owned by Norwegian Air Shuttle, flying scheduled services to Europe, Asia, North and South America with a registered office at First Point, Gatwick Airport. The airline operates Boeing 737-800 and Boeing 787-9 aircraft based at Gatwick Airport. In November 2015, the British civil aviation authorities issued Norwegian Air UK its air operator's certificate. The following month, the airline applied to the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) for an exemption and a permit to begin flights to the country. In June 2016, however, the USDOT denied Norwegian Air UK's"
"Aer Turas Aer Turas Teoranta (from the Irish meaning ""Air Journey"") was an Irish airline and later a freight operator based in Dublin, Ireland from 1962 until May 2003. Aer Turas started operations in 1962 as an air taxi service from Ireland to the UK with a single de Havilland Dragon Rapide. They soon began to focus on freight rather than passenger operations and were quite successful for many years. In the 1980s Aer Lingus acquired a majority shareholding in Aer Turas. However a decade later, soaring insurance costs, increased competition and the turbulence following September 11th terrorist attacks in"
"November 2014 Lion Air signed an order for 40 new ATR 72-600 for the Wings Air fleet. It makes Lion Group the largest customer of ATR. Wings Abadi Air was banned from operating in European airspace, appearing on a list of carriers that do not meet necessary safety standards to fly to airports in the European Union. As of 14 June 2018, EU had lifted the ban from all Indonesian airlines from flying into European airspace. Wings Air previously used the slogan ""Fly is Cheap"", subsequently changed to ""Flying is Cheap"". The former version of the slogan received considerable attention"
"Batik Air Batik Air is a Indonesian scheduled airline which made its maiden flight on May 2013 from Jakarta to Manado. Lion Air, the parent company of Batik Air, created Batik Air as a full-service airline which began operations in May 2013 using Boeing 737-900ERs leased from Lion Air. Batik Air's 737-900ERs were fitted with two-class seating, replacing Lion Air's two-class 737-900ER service. Batik Air provides a personal television (in-flight entertainment system) in every seat, light snacks and free meals, seat pitches of for economy class and for business class, and a free baggage allowance of for economy class and"
"Batik Air Batik Air is a Indonesian scheduled airline which made its maiden flight on May 2013 from Jakarta to Manado. Lion Air, the parent company of Batik Air, created Batik Air as a full-service airline which began operations in May 2013 using Boeing 737-900ERs leased from Lion Air. Batik Air's 737-900ERs were fitted with two-class seating, replacing Lion Air's two-class 737-900ER service. Batik Air provides a personal television (in-flight entertainment system) in every seat, light snacks and free meals, seat pitches of for economy class and for business class, and a free baggage allowance of for economy class and"
"for up to five years. Jazz will operate a fleet of up to 11 Boeing 757 jets from gateways across Canada, to be branded as Thomas Cook Airlines from January 2011. Thomas Cook Airlines Canada Thomas Cook Airlines Canada is a Canadian charter division of Thomas Cook Airlines based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It serves destinations to the Caribbean, Mexico and to North America. On April 5, 2010 Thomas Cook Airlines Canada and Jazz Air signed a flight services agreement for Jazz Air to operate flights to the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America on behalf of Thomas Cook's tour operator"
"Tiara Air Tiara Air N.V., operating as Tiara Air Aruba, was an airline headquartered and Oranjestad, Aruba in the Dutch Caribbean. The airline, which began operations in 2006, operated scheduled flights to Bonaire, Colombia, Curacao, the United States and Venezuela. The airlines fleet consisted of the Shorts 360 and Boeing 737 aircraft for passenger operations, with a Learjet 35 for ambulance and private operations. Tiara Air resumed its operations after being affected by the issues resolving the Venezuela currency crisis. The airline was declared bankrupt on 28 November 2016 The airline was founded by Alejandro Muyale, whose family owns and"
"Lion Air PT Lion Mentari Airlines, operating as Lion Air, is an Indonesian low-cost airline. Based in Jakarta, Lion Air is the country's largest privately run airline, the second largest low-cost airline in Southeast Asia after AirAsia and the largest airline of Indonesia. The airline operates domestic as well as international routes, which connects different destinations of Indonesia to Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, India, Japan and Saudi Arabia, as well as charter routes to China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Macau, with more than 630 flights per day. The airline has repeatedly broken records for largest aircraft orders, such"
"Borek Air (42) and Scenic Airlines (11). Some 115 airlines operate smaller numbers of the aircraft including Yeti Airlines in Nepal, Malaysia Airlines (which uses the Twin Otter exclusively for passenger and freight transportation to the Kelabit Highlands region in Sarawak), and in the United Kingdom, the FlyBe franchise operator Loganair which uses the aircraft to service the island of Barra in the Hebrides islands. This daily scheduled service is unique as the aircraft lands on the beach and the schedule is partly influenced by the tide tables. Trials in Barra with heavier planes than the Twin Otter, like the"
"the producer of many attractions at Alton Towers and other former Tussauds Group theme parks. Construction of Air began in mid-2001. Later that year, Alton Towers initially advertised the new rollercoaster as a ""next generation Aerial Inversion Ride""; subsequently revealing the name Air. In early 2002, testing of Air began with special crash test dummies. At the time of opening, Air tied with Oblivion as the most expensive ride at Alton Towers, at a cost of £12 million. A £4.5 million marketing campaign for the ride included commercials based around the ride's slogan, ""assume the position"". Air officially opened to"
"charter airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines and TUI Airways fly to the US although principally to the holiday destinations of Florida and California. While long-haul low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle flies from Gatwick, Edinburgh & Belfast to fifteen American airports. Both American Airlines and BA are founders of the airline alliance, Oneworld. BA, TUI Airways and Virgin Atlantic are major purchasers of American-made Boeing aircraft. New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport is the most popular international destination for people flying out of London Heathrow Airport. Approximately 2,802,870 people on multiple daily non-stop flights flew from Heathrow to JFK in 2008."
"Air introduced its seventh Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The 't' in t'way stands for together, today and tomorrow. As of December 2017 T'way Air serves – or plans to serve – the following destinations: As of November 2018, the T'way Air fleet operates an all-Boeing fleet consisting of the following aircraft: T'way Air T'way Air Co., Ltd.(), is a South Korean low-cost airline based in Seongsu-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul. The airline was established on 8 August 2010 with two Boeing 737-800s. The following month, the airline obtained an air operator's certificate (AOC) permitting domestic flights and commenced operations with services between Gimpo"
"Titan Airways Titan Airways is a British charter airline founded in 1988 and based at London Stansted Airport. The carrier specialises in short notice ACMI and wet lease operations as well as ad-hoc passenger and cargo charter services to tour operators, corporations, governments and the sports and entertainment sectors. The company holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence, permitting it to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats and currently operates a fleet of 10 aircraft. Founded in 1988 as a subsidiary of the Artac Freight and Shipping Group, Titan Airways"
"WOW air WOW air is an Icelandic low-cost carrier operating services between Iceland, Europe and North America. The airline is headquartered in Reykjavík and based at Keflavík International Airport. WOW air was founded in November 2011 and operated its inaugural flight in 2012. WOW air was founded by entrepreneur Skúli Mogensen, whose extensive business background is largely in technology and telecoms in Iceland, Europe, and North America. The sole owner of WOW air is Titan, an investment company owned by Mogensen, who is the company CEO and sits on the five-person board of directors. In October 2012, WOW air acquired"
"position 36 in its debut year. The ride's ranking in subsequent polls is shown in the table below. Galactica (roller coaster) Galactica (formerly known as Air) is a flying virtual reality roller coaster located in the Forbidden Valley area of Alton Towers amusement park in Staffordshire, England. Previously known as Air, it is the first flying coaster manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard. Guests ride in a prone position lying chest down and experience the feeling of flight by ""flying"" close to the ground, under footpaths, and narrowly past trees and rocks. The roller coaster originally opened as Air on 16"
"free flights. Porter Airlines Porter Airlines is a regional airline headquartered at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport on the Toronto Islands in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Porter Aviation Holdings, formerly known as REGCO Holdings Inc., Porter operates regularly scheduled flights between Toronto and locations in Canada and the United States using Canadian-built Bombardier Dash-8 Q 400 turboprop aircraft. Porter's operation at the Toronto airport was launched in 2006 with some controversy. Robert Deluce, who is now the CEO of Porter Airlines, proposed creating a regional airline using Bombardier turboprop aircraft to service major cities of Canada within the range"
"TUI UK TUI UK (formerly Thomson Holidays) is a UK-based travel operator and subsidiary of TUI Group. The Thomson Travel Group was owned by the Thomson Corporation of Canada until it was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1998. The headquarters of TUI UK is in Luton, England. Thomson Holidays started trading as TUI UK on 18 October 2017 and Thomson Cruises was rebranded as Marella Cruises. The company (originally named Thomson Tour Operations (TTO), and renamed in 1997) was founded as part of the Thomson Travel Group in 1965 following the acquisition of four tour operators, Skytours, Riviera,"
"October 2010. Choice Aire began nonstop service to San Pedro Sula, Honduras in December 2016. British Airways and Condor Flugdienst have respectively announced scheduled flights to London and Frankfurt beginning in March 2017 and May 2017. British Airways has now begun their new service and is operating Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft on their nonstop route to London Heathrow Airport, while Condor is flying Boeing 767-300ER aircraft nonstop to Frankfurt. National Airlines offered flights to Amsterdam, with advertised future service to Paris-Orly and Frankfurt in the late 1970s; Amsterdam was terminated soon after Pan Am acquired National in 1980, with Paris"
"Porter Airlines Porter Airlines is a regional airline headquartered at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport on the Toronto Islands in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Porter Aviation Holdings, formerly known as REGCO Holdings Inc., Porter operates regularly scheduled flights between Toronto and locations in Canada and the United States using Canadian-built Bombardier Dash-8 Q 400 turboprop aircraft. Porter's operation at the Toronto airport was launched in 2006 with some controversy. Robert Deluce, who is now the CEO of Porter Airlines, proposed creating a regional airline using Bombardier turboprop aircraft to service major cities of Canada within the range of Toronto."
"MyTravel Airways MyTravel Airways was a British scheduled and charter airline with headquarters in Manchester, England. It operated worldwide holiday charter services mainly for its parent company, the MyTravel Group. The airline was founded in 1990 as Airtours International Airways. During 2007 the MyTravel Group agreed to merge with Thomas Cook AG, and on 30 March 2008, MyTravel Airways was fully integrated into Thomas Cook Airlines. MyTravel Airways A/S was the Denmark-based sister airline of MyTravel Airways, which was re-branded Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia on 8 May 2008. The Airtours tour operating company was founded by David Crossland and established"
"Thomas Cook Airlines Canada Thomas Cook Airlines Canada is a Canadian charter division of Thomas Cook Airlines based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It serves destinations to the Caribbean, Mexico and to North America. On April 5, 2010 Thomas Cook Airlines Canada and Jazz Air signed a flight services agreement for Jazz Air to operate flights to the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America on behalf of Thomas Cook's tour operator Sunquest Vacations. The agreement was conditional on Jazz obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals. The agreement was effective November 1, 2010, to serve the winter vacation season of 2010-2011 and may extend"
"Galactica (roller coaster) Galactica (formerly known as Air) is a flying virtual reality roller coaster located in the Forbidden Valley area of Alton Towers amusement park in Staffordshire, England. Previously known as Air, it is the first flying coaster manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard. Guests ride in a prone position lying chest down and experience the feeling of flight by ""flying"" close to the ground, under footpaths, and narrowly past trees and rocks. The roller coaster originally opened as Air on 16 March 2002. Following the close of the 2015 season, the ride underwent refurbishment and reopened as Galactica on"